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August 2012

JUTAKUTOKUSHU 2012:09

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September 12, 2012

Takanawa

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This residence for a family of five is located in a residential neighborhood in Tokyo. The area’s quiet atmosphere led architect Hiroyuki Ito to design an austere facade. The house appears to be a concrete box, but it contains a few surprises. The volume is bifurcated by a glazed hallway and staircases and the two halves enclose open-air courtyards. … Read More

Tags   houses, white, concrete, courtyards, boxes

September 7, 2012

Spread House: video

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Earlier, we shared the article on this new weekend house deep in the forests of Nagano Prefecture. Our team recently visited and filmed the building. … Read More

Tags   villas, houses, steel, wood, courtyard, nature

September 4, 2012

TA-House

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Japanese architect Katsuhimi Kubota designed a house on a hill in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. Situated prominently above a dense housing area, the home’s white folded form captures a special view of the city and the Seto Inland Sea beyond. … Read More

Tags   houses, white, concrete, folded

August 27, 2012

Spread House

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Architectural design unit TNA (Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima) have completed a weekend house deep in the forests of Nagano Prefecture. The outer and inner walls of this square courtyard house are glazed to provide an immersive feeling of being in the forest. … Read More

Tags   villas, houses, steel, wood, courtyard, nature

August 23, 2012

House in Yamasaki

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Built on the border between a newly-developed residential area and existing farmland, this house by Kobe-based architect Yo Shimada borrows an architectural language commonly found in agriculture. The translucent greenhouses and steel hut atop the grey cement-board-clad ground floor are an extension of the living space below; they provide light and air into the half partially submerged rooms below. … Read More

Tags   houses, white, polycarbonate, wood, skylights

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